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Sawco Taco (3lb combat robot)

Sawco Taco was my one-night build. I had decided to build a robot (over Fred’s suggestions), but it was the night before the competition. I started that night (day before the competition), and thanks to Fred and his parts, finished the robot in time to compete. Sawco Taco is called that because it is enclosed in a taco of sawblades. Unfortunately, my Spektrum dx6i radio wouldn’t let me do the mixing I needed to have normal driving, so I had to do the channel mixing in my brain, thus the wonky driving. Here’s a quick video of Sawco Taco fighting a wedge-based robot: